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When the group chat becomes the newsroom
Youth Frequency
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What happens when the group chat knows about a story before the studio does? In this episode we follow how screenshots, voice notes and on-ground clips shaped coverage of one protest week.
We talk about who gets to decide what's "serious" enough to be news, how young people verify claims in real time, and what responsibility they feel (or don't feel) when forwarding information.
- How a single screenshot rewrote a show's rundown.
- What a student reporter does differently from a studio anchor.
- Why "just a meme" can still be evidence.
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Host: So when did you first realise the group chat was doing more work than the nightly news?
Guest: Honestly? When my classmates started dropping source links before anchors did.
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